Eric Forrest
{{short description|Canadian heavy metal musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Eric Forrest
| image = Eric Forrest - Sebastien Chiffot.jpg
| caption = Eric Forrest (left) and Sébastien Chiffot (right) (Toulouse, France, 2022)
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| background = solo_singer
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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|2|13}}
| instrument = Bass, vocals
| genre = Heavy metal, thrash metal
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
| years_active = 1988–present
| label =
| past_member_of = Voivod
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Eric Forrest (born 1970) is a Canadian heavy metal musician. Active since 1988, Forrest is best known for playing in a number of metal bands, including Voivod, E-Force, and Project Failing Flesh.
Career
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Forrest was a member of the bands Liquid Indian and Thunder Circus. He joined Voivod in early 1994 as bassist and vocalist, picking up the nickname "E-Force". He recorded two studio albums with Voivod, Negatron (1995) and Phobos (1997), and the live album Voivod Lives (2000),{{Cite web|title=Interview with Eric Forrest of E-Force: The unreleased Voivod album has some of that Angel Rat vibe|url=http://agoraphobic-news.com/interviews_view.php?url=interview_with_eric_forrest_of_e_force_the_unreleased_voivod_album_has_some_of_that_angel_rat_vibe|access-date=July 6, 2020 |website=Agoraphobicnews|archive-date=August 7, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807134634/http://agoraphobic-news.com/interviews_view.php?url=interview_with_eric_forrest_of_e_force_the_unreleased_voivod_album_has_some_of_that_angel_rat_vibe}} before departing in 2001 when original singer Denis Bélanger returned.{{cite web|last=Wiebe Taylor |first=Laura |date=January 1, 2006|title=Voivod Cannot Be Silenced|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/voivod_cannot_be_silenced|access-date=March 3, 2011 |website=Exclaim! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018032453/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/voivod_cannot_be_silenced |archive-date=October 18, 2015|url-status=live}}
Upon his departure from Voivod, Forrest formed his own band called E-Force. In 2003 he formed the band Project: Failing Flesh in Vienna, Virginia, which released three albums up to 2012.{{cite book |last=Crigler |first=P. |title=Keeping It Tight in the Old Dominion: A History of Virginia Rock Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HquWhOSc2XcC&pg=PA106 |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |year=2010|isbn=978-1-60844-414-4|page=106|access-date=July 4, 2020|archive-date=January 9, 2022|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109041452/https://books.google.com/books?id=HquWhOSc2XcC&pg=PA106 }}{{cite news|date=December 1, 2009 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131266 |title=Project: Failing Flesh begins mixing new album |publisher=Blabbermouth |url-status=dead|accessdate=December 1, 2009 |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912145224/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131266 }} In 2017, Forrest conducted a European tour in which he performed songs from the Negatron and Phobos albums by Voivod.{{Cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/e-force-phobos-negatron-spanish-tour-2017-details-revealed-a-tribute-to-voivod|title=E-Force Phobos/Negatron Spanish Tour 2017 Details Revealed - "A Tribute To Voivod" |date=May 30, 2017|website=bravewords.com|language=en|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221230823/http://bravewords.com/news/e-force-phobos-negatron-spanish-tour-2017-details-revealed-a-tribute-to-voivod |archive-date=December 21, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/news/e-force-to-revisit-frontman-eric-forrest-s-voivod-past-on-phobos-negatron-eurotour-2018|title=E-Force To Revisit Frontman Eric Forrest's Voivod Past On Phobos / Negatron Eurotour 2018 |date=April 29, 2018 |website=bravewords.com |access-date=September 29, 2019|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012161152/http://bravewords.com/news/e-force-to-revisit-frontman-eric-forrest-s-voivod-past-on-phobos-negatron-eurotour-2018|archive-date=October 12, 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://roadmasterbooking.com/2018/04/24/e-force-can-fra-revisiting-voivod-phobos-negatron-eurotour-2018/|title=E-FORCE (Can/Fra) – Revisiting Voivod Phobos/Negatron Eurotour 2018|date=April 24, 2018 |website=RoadmasterBooking.com |language=en|access-date=September 29, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406075126/https://roadmasterbooking.com/2018/04/24/e-force-can-fra-revisiting-voivod-phobos-negatron-eurotour-2018/}} The band assembled for that tour, operating under the name E-Force Performing Voivod, continued touring and played at the Brutal Assault festival in 2018.{{Citation|title=E-Force performing Voivod live at Brutal Assault "Insect" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaRmf76dStE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/WaRmf76dStE |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|language=en }}{{cbignore}}
In 2020 Forrest announced the forthcoming album called Mindbender.https://www.mixcloud.com/nicole-durrance/inter-sanctum-weric-forrest-of-e-force-voivod-and-project-failing-flesh/
In 2021 the band signed with the Danish label Mighty Music:{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16 |first=Søren |language=da-DK |last=Weiss |title=E-Force – Mighty Music |url=https://mightymusic.dk/artists/e-force/}} Mindbender was released on September 19, 2021.{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16 |date=2021-06-23 |last=Blabbermouth |title=Former VOIVOD Frontman ERIC FORREST's E-FORCE To Release 'Mindbender' Album |url=https://production.blabbermouth.net/news/former-voivod-frontman-eric-forrests-e-force-to-release-mindbender-album/ |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-16 |date=2021-07-27 |first=The |language=en-US |last=Meister |title=E-FORCE - Mindbender (November 19, 2021) |url=https://cgcmpodcast.com/e-force-mindbender-november-19-2021/ |website=CGCM Rock Radio}}
Discography
=Voivod=
- Negatron (1995)
- Phobos (1997)
- Kronik (1998)
- Voivod Lives (2000)
=E-Force=
- Evil Forces (2003)
- Modified Poison (2008)
- The Curse (2014)
- Demonikhol (2015)
- Mindbender (2021)
=Project: Failing Flesh=
- A Beautiful Sickness (2004)
- The Conjoined (2007)
- Count Back from Ten (2010)
References
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Category:Canadian heavy metal bass guitarists